Court Accepts Gender-Restricted Job Posting as a Simple Mistake

A court has accepted that a gender-restricted job posting was a 'simple mistake.' Under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, recruiting only a specific gender is not permitted, and the court presupposed as fact that this constituted a violation in its ruling.

The court reached a conclusion in line with the National Human Rights Commission's judgment that the job posting was a mistake rather than intentional.

Accordingly, the case proceeded past the question of whether there was intent to discriminate by gender, focusing instead on the actual damages suffered and the scope of compensation.